'Food for Thought': The Journal of Australian Political Economy
It is sometimes said that 'we are what we eat'. In a similar vein, perhaps we think what we read. Academics spend a lot of time...
Abbott, Piketty and the Spirit of the Times
In bringing down a budget distinguished by inequity, is the Abbott government running with or against the spirit of the times? Given the...
Debt and Discipline from Cradle to Grave
It is hard to underestimate the scale of the transformation being attempted by this budget. It is true that it continues on trends begun...
Deflected Passive Revolution
Some time ago Tony Cliff developed a theorisation of deflected permanent revolution to consider how state power, notably in post-colonial...
Oppose Book Worship
Political economists have to sort out what constitutes useful knowledge. This is seldom easy: many academic works are based on shaky...
Qantas: A Case for Public Ownership
There is now only one way of ensuring Qantas continues as an Australian airline: returning it to public (the Australian Government’s)...
The G-20 Finance Ministers and the Coalition’s Agenda
It was perversely amusing to watch the overdone theatrics involved in the recent meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bankers in...
Why Does Australia Need a Manufacturing Industry?
The future of Australian manufacturing is currently much in question. The high value of the Australian dollar in the last few years has...
The Geopolitics of Global Capitalism and the Transnational State
While the role of the state in the global political economy, or the relationship between the inter-state system and globalisation, has...
Trans-Pacific Trade Deal: Divisions Over US Agenda and Social Movement Opposition May Frustrate End
Ministers and Leaders of the 12 governments involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPPA) negotiations met on the fringes of the...
